Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has addressed students as part of a live broadcast to a number of UK universities.
The event on Friday evening was organised by the Ukrainian Students Union (USU).
He spoke about the need for ongoing international support and compared the destruction of the Russian invasion with the Nazi bombing of Coventry.
During the virtual meeting, some students got the chance to pose questions to the leader.
Universities taking part includes Birmingham, Cambridge, City University of London, Coventry, Glasgow, LSE, Manchester, Oxford and UCL.
Earlier this year, students from Ukrainian Societies at UK universities joined to form the USU and it was to the members that President Zelensky spoke.
He addressed hundreds of students in the UK over a virtual call, including the few dozen who snapped up tickets for the event at Coventry University.
After a 15-minute opening speech, he answered questions largely focused on rebuilding Ukraine after the war.
The president of Coventry University’s Ukraine Society, 20 years old Pavel Pimkin asked his nation’s president about attracting entrepreneurs and start-ups to help with the reconstruction.
The Ukraine leader also addressed the issue of the two Britons sentenced to death, saying we “cannot have any kind of excuses for such actions”.
Pavel Pimkin, said it is not just students President Zelensky has engaged with during this war, he has addressed parliaments and welcomed world leaders in Kyiv.
“However, I think he understands students are the future of our nation, they’ve organised protests, fundraised for Ukraine, and been enthusiastic in their support for Ukraine – we have a very powerful voice” he adds.
Pimkin says he hopes to “help build a bright future for our country” once the war is over.
Speaking after the meeting with British media,,
Coventry University’s vice-chancellor, Professor John Latham, said the president’s address would be a “demonstration of the Ukrainian government’s continued interest in the power of education, despite the terrible devastation that has been inflicted on the country during this war”.
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